Best SSD

[jcoops]

I've been slowly upgrading my rig, and I've finally come to the storage part.  I'm still stuck on a Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB, and it's insanely slow.  Any SSD suggestions?  Looking for whatever, I can do M.2 or regular SSD.  Budget is around 60-100 dollars.  Thanks for the help.

[Airdragonz]

Something like the 512gb Silicon Power A55 if you want more GB/$. If you want something that performs a bit better, you can go with a 250gb Samsung 860 evo

[jcoops]

3 minutes ago, Airdragonz said:

Something like the 512gb Silicon Power A55 if you want more GB/$. If you want something that performs a bit better, you can go with a 250gb Samsung 860 evo

How about WD SSDs?  They have some pretty nice M.2 drives.

[Guest]

I'd get the 860 EVO from Samsung. I use two 1TB 840 EVO's in my NAS and after 4 years of constant use they are holding up just fine. Samsung really makes some great SSD's.

[jcoops]

1 minute ago, Konrad_K said:

I'd get the 860 EVO from Samsung. I use two 1TB 840 EVO's in my NAS and after 4 years of constant use they are holding up just fine. Samsung really makes some great SSD's.

How do the Samsung drives fare against the WD drives?  The WD Blue SSD is significantly cheaper than the Samsung 860 EVO drive.

[Airdragonz]

2 minutes ago, audihvh said:

How about WD SSDs?  They have some pretty nice M.2 drives.

It really depends on how much storage you need really. A WD ssd isn't bad, but the same could be said for Crucial or Sandisk. If you need something with a lot of storage and you just want speeds that are faster than a mechanical hard drive, a budget SSD like the A55 is great. If you want something better and care less about how much storage you like, I find Samsung drives more reliable than WD ssd's.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, audihvh said:

How do the Samsung drives fare against the WD drives?  The WD Blue SSD is significantly cheaper than the Samsung 860 EVO drive.

It's hard to say in the long term. WD is relatively new in the SSD market, I suppose they are fine too, but if you can afford it I would still choose Samsung.